gecko-dev/intl/strres/public/nsIStringBundle.idl
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/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
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#include "nsISupports.idl"
#include "nsISimpleEnumerator.idl"
%{C++
// Define Contractid and CID
// {D85A17C1-AA7C-11d2-9B8C-00805F8A16D9}
#define NS_STRINGBUNDLESERVICE_CID \
{ 0xd85a17c1, 0xaa7c, 0x11d2, \
{ 0x9b, 0x8c, 0x0, 0x80, 0x5f, 0x8a, 0x16, 0xd9 } }
#define NS_STRINGBUNDLE_CONTRACTID "@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle;1"
/**
* observer needs to check if the bundle handle matches
*/
#define NS_STRBUNDLE_LOADED_TOPIC "strbundle-loaded"
%}
native nsStrBundleLoadedFunc(nsStrBundleLoadedFunc);
[scriptable, uuid(D85A17C2-AA7C-11d2-9B8C-00805F8A16D9)]
interface nsIStringBundle : nsISupports
{
wstring GetStringFromID(in long aID);
wstring GetStringFromName(in wstring aName);
// this is kind of like smprintf - except that you can
// only pass it unicode strings, using the %S formatting character.
// the id or name should refer to a string in the bundle that
// uses %S.. do NOT try to use any other types.
// this uses nsTextFormatter::smprintf to do the dirty work.
wstring formatStringFromID(in long aID,
[array, size_is(length)] in wstring params,
in unsigned long length);
wstring formatStringFromName(in wstring aName,
[array, size_is(length)] in wstring params,
in unsigned long length);
/*
Implements nsISimpleEnumerator, replaces nsIEnumerator
*/
nsISimpleEnumerator getSimpleEnumeration();
};
[scriptable, uuid(D85A17C0-AA7C-11d2-9B8C-00805F8A16D9)]
interface nsIStringBundleService : nsISupports
{
nsIStringBundle createBundle(in string aURLSpec);
nsIStringBundle createExtensibleBundle(in string aRegistryKey);
/**
* Formats a message string from a status code and status arguments.
* @param aStatus - The status code. This is mapped into a string ID and
* and used in the string lookup process (see nsIErrorService).
* @param aStatusArg - The status message argument(s). Multiple arguments
* can be separated by newline ('\n') characters.
* @return the formatted message
*/
wstring formatStatusMessage(in nsresult aStatus, in wstring aStatusArg);
/**
* flushes the string bundle cache - useful when the locale changes or
* when we need to get some extra memory back
*
* at some point, we might want to make this flush all the bundles,
* because any bundles that are floating around when the locale changes
* will suddenly contain bad data
*
*/
void flushBundles();
};